Bottlebrush Buckeye blooms stunted??
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Comments (32)You should tell us where you are gardening (city, state, gardening zone) and advice will be better targeted. I have always been willing to excise chunks of my Aesculus parviflora and send them off to folks unable to procure them any other way. Probably too late in the spring this year, with bud break well underway. I wasn't part of this original thread, but had I been, I would have posted on what Bottlebrush Buckeye can do. I started off with a bunch (9? 10?) 2 gallon pots, installed in 1992 around the inside of a circular gravel drive They've grown together wonderfully, melding with the other plantings nearby. We've had some of the oldest trunks die off, but the layering and additional stems have provided a continuous surface of foliage and blooms, and propagules from the exuberant outward attempts to consume the driveway. It is also really easy to grow from the copious seed that can be set if you keep your plants reasonably moist through droughty periods in summer. September is harvest time here at the Valley. I don't think you can plant too many of these. Landscapes are built for editing - which can also translate into sharing - so if you perceive you've over-consumed, remove some or give them away. Planting too little is also easily overcome by addition - which is what I expect the original landscape design was attempting to avoid....See MoreOpinions on Buckeyes- too messy?
Comments (16)I see you are in Minneapolis. I live in Twin Cities too... you will NOT be able to grow red buckeye. That is zone 6 or some crazy thing like that. They ARE pretty, but not hardy here. Autumn Splendor (I have one) is a hybrid of a couple of different buckeyes like Ohio or yellow or something. They are very pretty and have great fall color. Also, they hybrid is far less fertile than straight Ohio buckeye, so you will get less mess than a pure breed. On the down side, it is supposedly 'scorch resistant', but in truth it is NOT. Watering and planting in partial shade may help (scorch won't permanently damage your tree but it is ugly). If you want something with red flowers, you can try red horsechestnut (see j0nd03 post above - 'Ft. McNair' is a common cultivar you can get at Gertens). Red horse is cross of true horsechestnut and red buckeye i believe, and IS hardy here. Unlike red buckeye, it gets large like its horsechestnut parent....See MoreAny Pics of Goatsbeard or Bottlebrush Buckeye?
Comments (14)Ego45 - that is absolutely stupendous. I love A. parviflora. How old is it and how much water/sun? Of course keeping one like that going is a different story than getting them started. There is one that size at Holden Arboretum and I am just totally in love with it. I make a point of visiting it in the summertime when in bloom - prob my favorite single plant in the whole arboretum. I've inquired at several nurseries around here and told I can get a 1 or 2 gallon plant for about $50 and they say its slow growing. I have a very large area that I wanted to surround with it and hide the area from the road, and have a long curved bench in the middle. I was thinking of starting burning bush as a fast grower to allow the Aesculus to fill in. Can always rip out the Euonymous later. Westy - That goatsbeard lasts maybe a month. Then the plumes do turn brown. The plant is very pretty though - nice leaves. If I get a lot of rain during blooming it will cause the plumes to lean but I don't bother tying it up. A benefit for me is it appears to be deer resistant - they don't touch it at all. I love color, its just this path is devoted to hosta, ferns, azaleas, columbine, leucoethoe, rhodos, etc. It seems that a lot of shade plants have white flowers. A big exception are the lobelias and they are just terrific...See MoreBottlebrush Buckeye; A Great Undemanding July- Flowering Shrub
Comments (2)Mindy__ What method do you use to keep them small? I have several and right now I am growing them in pots for size containment. I would like to plant them in a small wooded area at the rear of the property, but they would need to be restricted in size, for protection of many other native plants and shrubs now growing there. I now have them in the front garden and they are starting to bloom. They are a great addition in their present location, but I'm concerned about their long term survival, as the roots are restricted and they require frequent irrigation, in the long term absence of rainfall. (Like now!) They are about 5 years old and 5-6 ft. tall and are single stem (trunk) shrubs. Any advice would be appreciated....See More- lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan thanked ViburnumValley central KY Bluegrass z6
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